えど

Japanese

Etymology 1

For pronunciation and definitions of えど – see the following entries.

【穢土】 [noun] (Buddhism) The Impure Land; the earthly realm, the land of the living.

【江戸】 [proper noun] [from 1180] (historical) Edo, the former name of Tokyo before 1868 [proper noun] a surname

(This term, えど (edo), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)

Etymology 2

Noun

えど • (edo) 

1. feces